VLC is the best cross-platform media player currently available. In a time when our online media consumption is increasingly moving to video and many people record video on their personal devices, this is a player that can handle anything you throw at it–practically any file type, any codec, without any of the hassle or bloat of, say, Windows Media Player. Up until today VLC had only one problem–it had yet to hit its version 1.0 milestone. Yes, the media player was still fully functional and quite impressive, but one couldn’t help seeing that 0.9.9 and think that there was room for improvement.

VLC 1.0.0 is available for download right now, straight from the source. The new file (18MB) will seamlessly install on your system after uninstalling your old version, but keeping your preferences in tact.

Aren’t familiar with VLC? It packs a ton of features including (from videolan.org):